Shelf-support



(No Model.)

A. COLE.

SHELF SUPPORT.

No, 260,538. Patented July 4, 1882.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON ooIlE, OF FILLMORE, MISSOURI.

SHELF-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 260,538, dated July 4, 1882.

Application filed December 13, 1881. (No model.)

The object of my invention is to provide a device by means of which shelves, counters,

and similar things may be supported upon the to floor and upon each other and adjusted to different heights, which device shall be cheap, easily used, and require no attachment to the wall.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line as w of Fig. l.

A represents the base-plate, which may be made of any suitable material and of any suitable size; and B represents the upper plate, which is of the same length as the base-plate,

2 5 and is formed with the central screw-threaded shank, D. The base-plate is formed with the which the shank D passes, and by means of which the upper platemay be adjusted to support the shelf F at any desired height or distance from the floor or shelf G. In this con- 5 struction the upper end,j, of the extension surrounds the shank and serves as a brace or support for the shank and renders the device firmer and more substantial. The ends of the base and upper plates are perforated for the passage of the screws 1' t, for securing the device to the shelves or the floor when necessary. The parts of the support may be made very plain and cheap, or they may be made ornamental, as desired, and, as above mentioned, 5

to suit any kind of shelf-goods, books, or similar things which are usually placed or kept upon shelves. it

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination of the base A, having apertured upper part, f, an extension, E, and a plate, g, threaded to form apnut, with the upper plate, B, having the median screw-shank, D, whereby'au intermediate as well as end supports is furnished, as described.

' AARON COLE. Witnesses:

L. B. PARKER, THOMAS E. Home. 

